Category: Joshua [ERV]

Joshua Says Goodbye 1. Joshua called all the tribes of Israel to meet together at Shechem. Then Joshua called the older leaders, heads of the families, judges, and the officers of Israel. These men stood before God. 2. Then Joshua spoke to all the people. He said, “I am telling you what the Lord, the […]

Joshua Encourages the People 1. The Lord gave Israel peace from their enemies around them. He made Israel safe. Many years passed, and Joshua became very old. 2. At this time Joshua called a meeting of all the older leaders, heads of families, judges, and officers of the Israelites. Joshua said, “I have grown very […]

Three Tribes Go Home 1. Then Joshua called a meeting of all the people from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. 2. Joshua said to them, “Moses was the Lord’s servant. You obeyed everything that Moses told you to do. And you also obeyed all of my commands. 3. All […]

Towns for Priests and Levites 1. The family rulers of the Levite tribe went to talk to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the rulers of the other tribes of Israel. 2. At Shiloh in the land of Canaan, the Levite rulers said to them, “The Lord gave Moses a command. […]

Cities of Safety 1. Then the Lord said to Joshua: 2. “Through Moses, I told you to choose some cities to be cities of safety. 3. Anyone who kills someone accidentally can go to a city of safety to hide from the relatives who want to kill him. 4. “If you accidentally kill someone and […]

Land For Simeon 1. Then Joshua gave all the families in the tribe of Simeon their share of the land. The land they got was inside the area that belonged to Judah. 2. This is the land that was given to that tribe: Beersheba (also called Sheba), Moladah, 3. Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, 4. Eltolad, […]

Dividing the Rest of the Land 1. All the Israelites gathered together at Shiloh where they set up the Meeting Tent. The Israelites controlled that country. They had defeated all the enemies in that land. 2. But at this time there were still seven tribes of Israel that had not yet received their land. 3. […]

1. Then land was given to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh was Joseph’s first son. Manasseh’s first son was Makir, the father of Gilead. Makir was a great soldier, so the areas of Gilead and Bashan were given to his family. 2. Land was also given to the other families in the tribe of Manasseh. […]

Land for Ephraim and Manasseh 1. This is the land that the family of Joseph received. This land started at the Jordan River near Jericho and continued to the waters of Jericho. (This was just east of Jericho.) The border went up from Jericho to the hill country of Bethel. 2. Then the border continued […]

Land For Judah 1. The land that was given to Judah was divided among the families of that tribe. That land went to the border of Edom and south all the way to the desert of Zin at the edge of Teman. 2. The southern border of Judah’s land started at the south end of […]